''Marumba juvencus'' is a species of
moth of the family
Sphingidae first described by
Walter Rothschild
Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ...
and
Karl Jordan in 1912.
Distribution
It is known from
Peninsular Malaysia,
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
and
Borneo.
The habitat consists of lowland forests
Description
The species is very similar to ''
Marumba sperchius
''Marumba sperchius'' is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Édouard Ménétries in 1857.
Distribution
It is found from north-western and north-eastern India, south-western, central and eastern China to the southern ...
'' and ''
Marumba tigrina ''.
Marumba juvencus MHNT CUT 2010 0 221, Sabah, Borneo, male dorsal.jpg, Male, dorsal view
Marumba juvencus MHNT CUT 2010 0 221, Sabah, Borneo, male ventral.jpg, Male, ventral view
References
Marumba
Moths described in 1912
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